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by Octoth0rpe 53 days ago
There are general users of the average SaaS, and there are claude code users. There's no doubt in my mind that our expectations should be somewhat higher for CC users re: memory. I'm personally not completely convinced that cache eviction should be part of their thought process while using CC, but it's not _that_ much of a stretch.
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Personally I've never thought about cache eviction as it pertains to CC. It's just not something that I ever needed to think about. Maybe I'm just not a power user but I just use the product the way I want to and it just works.
Anthropic literally advertises long sessions, 1M context, high reasoning etc.

And then their vibe-coders tell us that we are to blame for using the product exactly as advertised: https://x.com/lydiahallie/status/2039800718371307603 while silently changing how the product works.

Please stop defending hapless innocent corporations.

This oversells how obfuscated it is. I'm far from a power user, and the opposite of a vibe coder. Yet I noticed the effect on my own just from general usage. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Here's Anthropic's own Boris Cherny and others telling how great everything is with long sessions and contexts: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47886087
Listen, no one cares if you think you’re smart for seeing through the lies of their marketing team. You’re being intentionally obtuse.
My point is the opposite. I don't think my observation was smart, and I'm surprised to so many people here, a venue with a lot of people who use this stuff far more than I do, think it wasn't an easy to grok thing.
You’re still intentionally missing the point. Everyone knows they are lying. It doesn’t excuse the lies!
I’m not. Why would anyone believe marketing speak for any product? One should always assume that at best they’re fluffing their product up and more likely that they’re telling straight up lies